When I was little, I sometimes swallowed the chewing gum accidentally. When I told my mother about this, she said my intestine would be stuck into a mess. What my mother said often made me worried for a few days.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy